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A division title might soon mean a banner but no assurance of a playoff spot in the NBA. Commissioner Adam Silver said Wednesday the league is leaning toward not guaranteeing a postseason berth to a team that wins its division, forcing clubs to finish...

A division title might soon mean a banner but no assurance of a playoff spot in the NBA.
Commissioner Adam Silver said Wednesday the league is leaning toward not guaranteeing a postseason berth to a team that wins its division, forcing clubs to finish in...

The future of Seattle adding professional winter sports teams grew murkier Monday when no groups submitted NHL expansion applications to bring a team here. A source from the camp of Connecticut businessman Ray Bartoszek, who is trying to build an...

Chris Pronger admired the Ducks' talent when he and the Edmonton Oilers defeated Anaheim in the 2006 Western Conference finals. When he was traded to the Ducks a few months later, he brought the physical element they needed to become champions in 2007.
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The glow of the 2014 Stanley Cup triumph and the reassuring words and promises from Mike Richards were enough to persuade Kings General Manager Dean Lombardi against using a compliance buyout with the veteran center last summer.
But loyalty proved costly...

In moves connected to their current free-agency standing and next season’s salary cap situation, the Ducks on Saturday dealt young forward Emerson Etem to the New York Rangers for forward Carl Hagelin and veteran defenseman James Wisniewski to Carolina...

The Blackhawks may not have made any moves, but the rest of the league certainly was busy at Friday night's NHL draft as it didn't take long for the wheeling and dealing to begin.
In fact, the first blockbuster deal of the day was done and...

The new minor-league San Diego Gulls will be led by a recent NHL coach, the Ducks announced Friday with the hiring of former Edmonton Oilers Coach Dallas Eakins.
Eakins, 48, a former defenseman who spent parts of nine NHL seasons with eight franchises,...

Fans eager for the resumption of the Kings-Ducks rivalry will have a bit of a wait this upcoming NHL season.
All five meetings between the Southern California teams will take place in the second half of the season. The first regular-season game between...

The Blackhawks made plenty of memories during their run to the 2015 Stanley Cup. Here are five favorites:
Blackhawks 5, Canadiens 0; Nov. 4
The Hawks weren't exactly flying high when they arrived in Montreal to face the Canadiens in an Original Six...

Blackhawks winger Marian Hossa has a vivid memory of what went through his head the night of Feb. 24 when Patrick Kane fell to the ice and struggled to get up after the Panthers' Alex Petrovic hit him into the boards.
"We went home and afterward...

The Blackhawks' journey to their third Stanley Cup championship in six seasons ended Monday with a boisterous celebration on the ice at the United Center followed by festivities that spilled into the wee hours Tuesday morning, leaking distinctive aromas...

If the Lightning didn't understand their role as props in the Blackhawks' coronation in Game 6, then Patrick Kane, Duncan Keith and Corey Crawford explained it to them. Here's the 5 Things blog scribbled in the blinding afterglow of a modern-day dynasty:...

While Chicago is abuzz preparing for a potential Stanley Cup celebration Monday night, Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville is not jotting down notes for a Knute Rockne-inspired speech, and captain Jonathan Toews laughs at his family members' jitters.
The...

Corey Crawford stopped 31 shots Saturday night in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final. But he had the benefit of a glove, a special helmet and all that padding that comes with being a goaltender.
Blackhawks defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson didn't have all...

Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville couldn't believe what he had just done.
In Game 4 of the Western Conference finals, the Ducks had just blistered the Hawks with back-to-back goals in the third period. Like any NHL coach would figure, this was an...

The Blackhawks win Game 4, then win Game 5, then have a chance to win the Stanley Cup in Game 6. Stop me if you’ve heard this before.
We’ll deal with Game 6 on Monday. For now, here’s the 5 Things blog off the Hawks’ 2-1 win in Game 5 on Saturday night....

In the inexorable wait until they dropped the puck Saturday night at Amalie Arena, Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews confessed to being just like you, the Chicago hockey fan.
Pondering another parade that ends in Grant Park. Wondering what Madison Street...

When center Antoine Vermette was traded from the Coyotes to the Blackhawks, Hawks defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson did a little reading up on his new teammate.
"I read it somewhere that their coach (Dave Tippett) said in big games, he comes up...

You knew this was going to be different when Hawks' coach Joel Quenneville opened Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final with a line of Andrew Shaw at center for Patrick Kane and Brandon Saad.
According to puckalytics.com, those three had an aggregate of...